Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 38 The death of the charcoal seller

The small yard that Li Xin rented is not very big and the location is not very good, but if this yard is sold, it will be no problem at least for three or four hundred dollars. If you are lucky, you can even sell it for five hundred dollars. Consistent.

Five hundred passes is still a considerable amount of wealth for the current Li Xin, but he is not pretentious, he stretched out his hand to take the land deed and house deed handed over by Cui Jiuniang, and said with a soft laugh, "Since Sister Cui did it herself, my brother will not do it. You're welcome."

The current Li Xin is already half of Prince Wei's mansion. Since he nodded his head, he should open it up a bit. After all, a small yard is not a big favor. up.

Seeing Li Xin's sweet mouth, Cui Jiuniang's eyes became crescents with a smile, and she whispered: "Li Gongzi lives here alone, and there are old and young children at home to care for, it should be very inconvenient. A few clever girls, come to take care of Young Master Li."

A brothel of the scale of Deyi Building not only has a top brand, but also has a complete "talent reserve" system, which means that every year, a group of girls who have completed training will become newcomers of Deyi Building. It will decline, and now Cui Jiuniang means to find a few from this batch of "reserve girls" for Li Xin to be his maidservants.

Although Li Xin was very moved, he didn't want to be seen by the people of the Wei Palace when he was eating and sleeping, so he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Sister, look at this little brother's yard, there are only three houses in total, so you can live there. Three people is not bad, where can there be room for others."

  Cui Jiuniang didn't force it, she nodded lightly and said, "Since that's the case, elder sister won't have much to do. If you need anything, just send a letter to Deyi Lou, and elder sister will come and arrange it for you."

   Li Xin nodded with a smile, and then said softly: "Speaking of things, little brother really has something to trouble big sister."

  Cui Jiuniang glanced at Li Xin unexpectedly, and then laughed softly: "Young Master Li, but that's it."

   Li Xin coughed and said slowly, "My little brother came to the capital for the first time, and he didn't know anything about the situation in the capital, so the little brother wanted to get some information about the capital's figures from my elder sister."

As a prince, the Seventh Prince did not hesitate to condescend to build such a brothel. It was definitely not for earning money, but for listening to news in the capital, so the proud building was actually an intelligence agency of the Wei Palace, Li Xinxiang said. To know what the capital is like, Dayilou is undoubtedly the best channel.

The smile on Cui Jiuniang's face subsided a little, she glanced at Li Xin, and then said softly: "This matter, the concubine has to inform His Highness before she can decide. If His Highness agrees, the concubine will know tomorrow. Send all the news to the son here, and let him have a look."

  Li Xin smiled and said, "I'm bothering my sister."

   The two talked for a while before Cui Jiuniang got up and said goodbye.

   Li Xin took her to the door of the house, and after watching her sit on a small gray sedan chair, Li Xin slowly retracted his gaze.

From now on, he is no longer the solitary Li Xin. Now that he is backed by the Wei Wangfu, he has inevitably stepped into the struggle for succession, so he can no longer take a second look at the situation in the capital. As soon as it was smeared, he had to understand the capital as much as possible, so as to judge the situation more accurately, so that the chance of the Wei Wangfu surviving was as high as possible.

  If you want to understand the capital, it is best to start from the Deyi Lou.

   After sending Cui Jiuniang away, Li Xin returned to the kitchen in the courtyard. In the afternoon, he bought a lot of things from the South Market, firstly to prepare New Year's goods, and secondly to satisfy his cravings.

After making a lot of dishes, Li Xin went to help up the bedridden charcoal seller. The old man's complexion has been getting worse and worse recently. The doctors who invited him said that the old man was exhausted and could not live. too long.

The Beishan chalet was built by the old man himself for more than ten years. If it is gone, it will be gone. No one can accept this kind of change. On the bed, after tasting a few bites, he raised his head to face Li Xin and forced a smile: "I didn't expect Young Master Li to have a good skill."

   "It's not a craft, it's just a lot of work done before, and it's just familiar."

  Li Xin laughed: "Father, now that the boy has earned some money, you have to take care of your health. When the spring comes, the boy will pay you a house. It doesn't matter if you want a wooden house or a house in the city."

The charcoal seller's face changed, his dark face could be faintly pale, the old man gave Li Xin a deep look, and said softly: "From the first time I saw the son, the old man knew the son Not an ordinary person, and now the young master is finally out of the predicament, which is gratifying."

   The charcoal seller is not completely flattering Li Xin. When Li Xin made a copy of the animal charcoal himself, the charcoal seller felt that this young man was very difficult, and sooner or later he would be able to make a career.

  Li Xin shook his head and said softly: "It's not getting out of the predicament, I can only say that it's better than before. In short, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking."

  The charcoal seller nodded with difficulty: "That would be very good."

  In this era of extremely backward productivity, the people at the bottom are basically not enough to eat, that is to say, as long as you have enough food and clothing, it means that you have reached the middle class of society.

  Li Xin saw that his face was too ugly, so he reached out and patted the auctioneer Tan Weng's back, and said softly: "Father, don't think so much, the days are coming."

  The charcoal seller nodded at Li Xin with a smile, then took a few deep breaths and said slowly, "Young Master Li, don't worry, the little old man won't die in a while."

Li Xin nodded, and after talking to the charcoal seller, the sky was completely dark. Li Xin got up and went to clean up the tableware and chopsticks. After heating up some hot water and soaking his feet, Li Xin returned to Lie down on his own bed.

   During this day, he experienced a lot of things, and his mind and body were quite tired, so he fell into a deep sleep after lying on the bed for a long time.

   This sleep lasted until the next morning, when the sky was still bright, the charcoal girl in a heavy padded coat stood beside Li Xin's bed with a crying voice, stretched out her hand and pushed Li Xin's quilt, her voice was extremely frightened.

   "Brother, get up and see Grandpa!"

   Hearing the little girl's voice, Li Xin woke up instantly, he got up suddenly, put on his clothes, and ran towards the charcoal seller's room.

In the    room, the charcoal seller was dying.

The old man's face was extremely pale, he was lying on the bed, some foam was spit out from his mouth, and his eyes were beginning to lose consciousness. After seeing Li Xin come in, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Xin's sleeve tightly, his voice hoarse. : "Li... Young Master Li, the old man is going to die..."

  Li Xin was also a little panicked when he saw this situation, he trembled: "The old man was fine last night, why..."

   "I took the letter stone..."

   Li Xin's face changed greatly.

   The so-called letter stone is actually arsenic, a potent poison that can kill you in a short time!

   Li Xin took a few deep breaths and looked at the old man.

   "Old man, anything can be solved by saying it, why... so extreme."

   Hesitating for severe abdominal pain, the charcoal seller's face was already twisted, he pulled Li Xin's sleeve tightly, and said word by word: "Girl...to follow you, it's better than following the old man...a lot."

   He used all his strength and hissed: "The old man died because of you, you... must help the old man bring up the girl!"

If it wasn't for Li Xin, the charcoal seller's house would not have been burned down, the old man would not have suffered such a serious illness, and he would not have been beaten by others for no reason. From this point of view, all this is indeed true. They are all inseparable from Li Xin.

   Li Xin was shocked when he heard the words.

   Until now, he didn't understand the reason why the old man chose to commit suicide, because he said yesterday that he would pay his house.

   He felt that he wanted to get rid of their grandchildren, so he used this method to tie his granddaughter to himself.

  Li Xin smiled bitterly: "Father, if you don't say that the kid will help you bring up the girl, why is it, why is this..."

   The old man's face has been completely distorted.

   He held Li Xin's hand tightly and said with the last strength.

   "She... her surname is Zhong, she hasn't given a name yet..."

   "Old... The old man died because of you, you... can't get rid of it!"

   "Remember...remember the depth of the tomb is four feet...four feet three..."

   After watching the game, the whole person was in a semi-conscious state.

   (end of this chapter)